The former Huffy HQ is 50,795 sf on just less than 10 acres, at 225 Byers here. The company is moving from 49,000 sf in two offices in Vandalia with 150 employees, in the second quarter of 2008. Company officials said in a statement that they considered other options, but that they plan to consolidate the offices. The company also has 300 more employees at a facility in Piqua.

Mark Dlott, VP and principal with colliers Turley Martin Tucker, represented the baby product manufacturer in the lease, along with Digger Daley. He tells GlobeSt.com that it's likely that Dayton Hydraulic will expand the Huffy building for Evenflo. "The initial expansion would be up to 10,000 sf. Their space planners are still working on it," he says.

Dlott says the move brings Evenflo from the north side of Dayton to the south side, closer to Cincinnati. "The area between Dayton and Cincinnati, it's a 50-mile stretch of good, fertile ground to recruit new employees. There's new residential, hospitals, and distribution centers, even the state's only Ikea. They're starting to say the new name will be Daytanatti, that in 10 to 15 years the areas will be merged into one market." The lease rate wasn't revealed. The average rate for market served along I-71, north of I-275, is $19.21 per sf, according to a third-quarter market report by Grubb & Ellis. The 43-year-old building was being offered for sale for $3.7 million by Dayton Hydraulic, as well as Gem Real Estate Group Inc.

Keith Johnson, economic development director of Miamisburg, was the lead in the city in arranging a forgivable $200,000 loan for Evenflo for the move. Dayton Hydraulic represented itself in the lease.